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They asked, ‘Have you smelled any scent from him?’
He replied, ‘No.’
They asked, ‘Have you perceived him with your senses?’
He replied, ‘No.’
They asked, ‘Have you felt him by touch?’
He replied, ‘No.’
They asked, ‘Then how do you know that he is a god?’
He related that Jahm became bewildered and for forty days did not know whom he worshipped. Then he hit upon an argument like that of the heretics among the Christians. This was because the heretics
قالوا فشممت له رائحة قال لا قالوا فوجدت له حسًّا قال لا قالوا فوجدت له مَجَسًّا قال لا قالوا فما يدريك أنه إله قال فتحير الجهم فلم يدر من يعبد أربعين يومًا ثم استدرك حجة مثل حجة زنادقة النصارى ذلك أن زنادقة